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Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica
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Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica

Medium

Black chalk, brush with brown and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, on three sheets of brownish paper glued with overlapping joints

Dimensions

16-3/4 x 44-9/16 in. (42.7 x 113.2 cm) maximum, unevenly cut upper and lower borders

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1966

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)

1596–1669

Son of Giovanni Berretoni, decorative carver. Born 1 November 1596, died 16 May 1669.